The itinerary covers places of interest and locations where the most important events in the history of Sciacca took place. We start from Mount Cronio (m.397), whose karst cavities and grottoes, inhabited from the neolithic period (4th millenium B.C.) until the onset of the karst phenomenon and vapours (2000 B.C.), were used as a place of worship or for thearapeutical purposes by the local people, the Greeks, the Roman and the hermit Saint Calogero (5th centrury A.D.). After a stop to enjoy the breath-taking view and a visit to the Termae and the Antiquarium, transfer to the historical centre and walk between imposing princely palaces and religious buildings: the New Castle or Castle of the Luna counts, the baroque Duomo, dedicated to Saint Mary Magdalene, on the project of the Sciacca architect Michele Blasco, Palazzo Scaglione with its museum, Palazzo Arona- Perollo, the Jesuite College (now the town hall), the San Domenico Church, founded in 1532 by father Tommaso Fazello, Piazza del Popolo or Scandaliato with its view of the port and the Mediterranean Sea, the Santa Margherita Church, built in 1342 at the behest of the infanta Eleonora of Aragona, Palazzo Perollo, the San Salvatore Gate, the Carmine Church, rebuilt in the 1700, the Steripinto Palace, in Catalan plateresque style and the Palermo Gate, surmounted by an eagle with open wings.

The low Belice area, in ancient times borderland between Greek and Punic territores, belonged, in the Spanish period, to great noble families: Corbera, Giardina and Tagliavia. Santa Margherita Belice was founded on the ruins of an Arab castle by Antonio Corbera. The town, overturned by the 1968 earthquaque, was spaced around Palazzo Filangieri di Cutò, the Palace of Donnafugata in the novel "The Leopard" . We'll visit the Palace (once owned by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa's mother family) and the garden described in the novel. After a walk in the city centre, we drive on to Sambuca di Sicilia through hills of vineyards and olive groves. According to the tradition, the town (called Sambuca Zabut until 1923) was founded by the emir Zabut. It shows the best example of Islamic urban layout in Sicily with its seven Saracen alleys (sette vicoli saraceni) . Stop to enjoy the view at the Belvedere, put up on the remnants of the Arab castle, and walk through the old city centre to see the Mother Church , the Church of Saint Michele and the Church of the Rosary and Palazzo Panitteri with its "salotto sambucese" or 19c wax museum. The building will also house the antiquarium. Walk along the main street where you can admire the Idea Theatre and the paintings of the sambucese master Gianbecchina centred on the life and work of peasants in the Sicily of the latifondo and housed in the Church of Saint Calogero.

Known for the famous peace treaty that in 1302 ended the War of the Vespers, the town of Caltabellotta, since ancient times, has been theatre of wars and bloody events. Situated at an elevation of 758 mtrs, close by a distinctive- shaped dolomitic cliff (m. 948) on which the rests of the ancient castle are found, the city looks like a crib. From its top, there is a commanding view: from Agrigento to Marsala to the west, Mt. Etna to the east, and 24 towns in three different provinces. The tour starts at Piano della Matrice, with a visit to the nearby Mother Church, founded by the count Roger himself after his victory over the Muslims, even if the building is datable around the 13th century. Inside the church, putties and frescoes by A.Ferraro from Giuliana and statues by the Gagini. Then, stroll in the historical centre where the Church of Carmine is found, up to the Church of Santa Maria della Pietà (Saint Mary of the Mercy), partly dug out of the cliff, and to the hermitage of San Pellegrino erected on the places where the legendary bishop of Triocala used to live.

The territory crossed by the Belice river has sadly become famous for the sisma that during the night of 14 January 1968 razed to the ground entire villages. The itinerary covers some of the most severely hit villages and allows us to understand the problems connected with town rebuilding and different urban planning criteria used to solve them. From the ruins of Salaparuta, a village that developed on the site of ancient Menzil Salah, to Poggioreale, the remains of which were chosen by the film director Giuseppe Tornatore as a location to shoot some of the scenes of the movie "Malena". After a stop at New Poggioreale and New Salaparuta, we drive on to the area more dramatically hit by the sisma, through old Gibellina whose ruins were covered by a large slab of white concrete known as the creto designed architect Alberto Burri. The new town was reconstructed exnovo 18 km away and is dotted with works by numerous contemporary artists. Not to be missed the Museum of Contemporary Arts and the Etno-anthropological Museum of th Belice Valley. Our last stop is Salemi with a streets' layout of Islamic derivation cleverly restored after the earthquake. Visit of the Castle and walk through the medieval alleys and dead-end alleys known as vaneddi di l'infernu